Proverbs For basic information concerning the purpose, forms and methods used in writing and interpreting the Book of Proverbs, kindly see the Introduction. But more to the point of this chapter is the fact that the author gives us his own introduction to the book. He opens with a title (v. 1): The proverbs of Solomon, David’s son, king of Israel. Plainly, this designation of the author means that Solomon composed and/or selected the proverbs of the first section. Later we shall see that